What is meant by the 'two-headed Janus'? Why is he referred to in the extract?
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The "two-headed Janus" implies he might just as well describe himself as happy.... it's the ability to communicate why you're sad, rather than being unable to put it into words or know the reason. Janus was the Roman god of beginnings and transitions, his image (two heads) was meant to remind people that human beings often have no center for their thoughts, and in turn, are incapable of knowing or understanding themselves.
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The "two-headed Janus" implies he might just as well describe himself as happy.... it's the ability to communicate why you're sad, rather than being unable to put it into words or know the reason. Janus was the Roman god of beginnings and transitions, his image (two heads) was meant to remind people that human beings often have no center for their thoughts, and in turn, are incapable of knowing or understanding themselves.
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Janus is the Roman God of beginning and transition.
These two phases are symbolic of the varied nature of the people.
For instance , there also are two types of people living in our World , one type of people who are lively , happy and sanguine and other type of people who are melancholic and sad .
Antonio was of melancholic nature.
Whereas Gratiano was a talkative person and was not melancholic.
This is the meaning of two-headed Janus where , each head shows different types of personalities .
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